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FAME: Girls, can you touch your toes?
By None on October 17th, 2018
Many school and sporting associations have kicked off again after a break over the summer, and while not all seasons are in full swing yet, movement assessment of female athletes pre-season should be a priority after summer break. Coaches and parents may have noticed that some of their female athletes have grown several inches over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wind the biggest challenge early at CCAA golf finals
By Sean Rooney on October 17th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Score with the wind at your back and survive the rest seemed to be the prevailing wisdom at Desert Blume Golf Club Tuesday. In the opening round of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s championships, only three players managed to break par in warm, bustling conditions typical in the coulee. “It was a big ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seniors shoot, swim, hit at Huntsman World Senior Games
By Sean Rooney on October 17th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney Medicine Hat’s contingent didn’t make up a lot of the 10,000-plus athletes at the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah, but they did earn a raft of medals. Swimmers, archers, softball players and even a racquetball player with roots in the Gas City travelled to the massive event which began last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Departed Tiger not asked to leave
By Ryan McCracken on October 16th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken Gary Haden’s bags were packed when he arrived at the Canalta Centre Thursday morning. While the Medicine Hat Tigers forward told the News in a text Sunday evening that he “asked for a trade on Thursday morning and was told to go home Thursday afternoon,” the team refuted the claim that he was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inside the CFL: Hat’s Crawford hopes for Grey Cup berth as Tiger-Cats on the rise
By None on October 16th, 2018
“Yeah, that’s the plan. It’d be awesome. My parents already have a room booked, so the pressure’s on and I’ve got to get it going.” So said former Crescent Heights Viking and current Hamilton Tiger-Cat Aaron Crawford, contemplating playing for the Grey Cup on Nov. 25 in Edmonton. He believes he’s a member of an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mohawks baseball team splits wekeend at Kelowna event
By None on October 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Hat High’s baseball program hasn’t gone into hibernation quite yet. The Mohawks were in Kelowna this past weekend while the weather’s still amiable, getting in four games. On Friday they beat a host Central Okanagan team 5-2. Ashtyn Street got the win on the mound, with Jack Didack coming in for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minor Hockey: SEAC teams have both started seasons well
By None on October 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Both Southeast Athletic Club Tigers teams have started their respective seasons with positive results. The midget 15-year-old SEAC team is now 3-1-1 after recording a tie and a win. They drew the Calgary Stampeders 2-2 Saturday night at Hockey Hounds, then went on the road Sunday and beat Calgary’s Rangers 5-3. Jarred ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!College nationals arrives at Blume
By None on October 16th, 2018
srooney@medicinehatnews.com @MHNRooney The signs are up, the volunteers are everywhere and the golfers are ready for the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association’s championship at Desert Blume. Athletes got through a practice round Monday under near-perfect conditions, with the host Medicine Hat College Rattlers a bit stunned considering they’ve had practices snowed out over the past month. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vikings reach finals, raise money at home tournament
By None on October 16th, 2018
Medicine Hat News Crescent Heights’ girls volleyball teams had a successful tournament on the weekend, measured not only by what they did between the lines. The Vikings raised $1,800 for cancer research with their pink-themed charity pitch, then went out and made the finals both in junior and varsity divisions. In the varsity division Eagle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cubs drop a heartbreaker
By Ryan McCracken on October 15th, 2018
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com @MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Travelodge Cubs watched a two-goal lead vanish in the final six minutes of Sunday’s Heritage Junior Hockey League game against the Ponoka Stampeders at the Kinplex before falling 4-3 in overtime. Cubs head coach JD Gaetan says he was happy with his team’s initial push — which allowed Medicine Hat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rattlers men’s soccer team eliminated from playoff contention
By Ryan McCracken on October 15th, 2018
Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Rattlers men’s soccer team was eliminated from Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference playoff contention following their 2-0 loss to the Ambrose Lions Friday night and Lethbridge’s 5-0 win over Ambrose Saturday. Matthew Wideman scored both of Ambrose’s goals in Friday night’s match in Calgary, opening the scoring in the 32nd ... Read More »
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